Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 596
L Fig. 235four westinghouse-parsons steam turbines The Steam Turbine 583 reciprocating engine, the engineer in charge of a turbineplant should be familiar with the interior construction ofthe machines under his charge, and he should know whatto do, and what to avoid in order to keep them in… … Fig. 236 The steam turbine in principle, and even in type is notnew, being in fact the first heat motor of which we haveany record in steam engineering. One of the earliest descriptions of a device for convert-ing the power of steam into work was recorded by Hero,a learned writer who flourished in…
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